We are all Original Sinners,eh?

Let me begin with how King James version of the Xian holy book The Bible narrates the creation of Adam.Adam was made out of clay by God-repesented as a bearded figure with no smile-and then life was breathed into him.He was allocated the Garden of Eden and endowed with Free Will.Stop!It's there that God made a mistake.Adam did not deserve to be granted a free rein to his fancies owing to his obvious limitations and baby-like awareness of himself.We're told that Adam and Eve(for whose creation Adam was responsible!) were thrown outof Eden for abusing his Free Will "by eating of the Forbidden Fruit"Tell me,what was this fruit?Sex?No!Awareness and Self consciousness of being stark naked?Yes.Who can be viewed as partly culpable for this bathos unless its God Himself?Oughtn't you to be aware of yourself?Yes.Shouldn't you know when you are naked?Yes.Won't you feel temptation to eat a glamorous fruit if it's within accessible distance?You will be!Won't you succumb to your desire to eat of it especially when it's aggressively promoted and recommended as a sure shot remedy for ignorance?Most assuredly yes.Now tell me what is the Original Sin!Far from it,it was a boon of sorts.

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It let Man explore the uncertainty around him,question presumptions and wild notions,father forth mythical tales,write poems,plays and classic works in literature,and also choose a woman after his heart as life partner!Hindu deities and demons are anthromorphic representations of desirable personality traits like stop-dead looks, persuasiveness, diplomacy, selfishness,personal probity,kingly restraints,foresight and wisdom,hubris,brashness that comes from absolute power etc.They were never real flesh and blood persons.Nor were meant to be!It's easier to visualize a God figure with the aid of a material palpable shape.Listen to Prahlad here!he speaks the truth--"Lord Vishnu is present in flower,leaf and plant,tree, building, air, water and even this pillar!"That Jesus was a real man we know from Dead Sea Scrolls.That he was a progressive visionary --mistaken as a revolutionary with royal amibition in his blood in his times- also is clearly inferrable from the Bible as we know it today.The rest of what we are told in that book is pure fancy often exaggerated and flavored to give a punch!Walk on the Sea of Galilee?Transform water into top quality wine?Multiply 5 loaves into 5000 loaves in a jiffy?Dont tell me scientific impossibilites,please!Believe me, these mean much but symbolically of course!Historically no such record ever exists.Jesus was one of a kind most certainly but he never claimed to be able to wash away the Original Sin of anyone or of mankind as a whole.Sublimely is how he speaks and behaves.But he was not in any way a Houdini or an early Sai Baba by far.Sadaboy 1/8/2011